Nicholas County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 7,362 95.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 80 1.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 91 1.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 175 2.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,879 24.4%
• 18–24 645 8.4%
• 25–44 1,782 23.1%
• 45–64 2,103 27.3%
• 65 and over 1,299 16.9%

Median household income

$56,479

90% interval $50,199–$62,759

−$8,002 vs KY · 69th of 120

Below poverty line

16.2%

90% interval 12.5%–19.9%

+0.8 pp vs KY · 66th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

−0.08 pp vs. state

County GDP

$130.6M

0.04% of state

Avg. annual pay

$37,192

Establishments

136

• Trade, transportation & utilities 146 15.2%
• Manufacturing 144 15.0%
• Public administration 91 9.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 60 6.2%
• Professional & business services 55 5.7%
• Other services 30 3.1%

The sectors listed cover 54.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.5%

+6.2 pp vs KY · 60th of 120

Median gross rent

$728

−$239 vs KY · 77th of 120

Owner-occupied

2,068

Renter-occupied

708

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 40% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $39,071/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $13,340/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.1 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 2,451 73.8%
• Democratic 824 24.8%
• Other / third-party 44 1.3%

• Spanish 73 1.0%

Households

2,776

Family households

1,839

66.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

539

29.3% of families

Single-mother families

92

5.0% of families

Veterans

237

4.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 1,968 26.1%
• Mainline Protestant 917 12.2%
• Black Protestant 152 2.0%
• Catholic 90 1.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

96.5%

±2.1 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

With a disability

21.8%

±4 pp

55th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

9.8%

±3.4 pp

−17.8 pp vs KY · 114th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.3%

90% interval 8.9%–11.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

18th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

1 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction; civil amount-in-controversy > $5,000); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 kycourts.gov; shaded-bench counts per Wikipedia 'Kentucky Circuit Courts' judge-count map, with the three '6 or more' circuits (16th Kenton, 22nd Fayette, 30th Jefferson) hard-pinned to 6, 9, and 23 respectively per Wikipedia footnote 4. Mid-range single-county metro and exurban-cluster circuits are conservative midpoints; verify against KRS § 23A.040 before relying on exact counts.)

Court seats

Carlisle, Cynthiana, Falmouth, Mount Olivet

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

51.47 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3